All books in excellent condition unless otherwise specified. Postage varies by weight of book but should be no more than £2.50 p/book. Will ship to UK and Europe. I’ll undercut the market ‘new’/’like new’ price on Amazon for each book by £2, or if damaged matching price like for like in terms of condition. Contact… read full entry »
Gina Ford — so-called “parenting guru” — has lashed out at UK Lib Dem party leader Nick Clegg after he hit out at her parenting manual. Ford, an unqualified former maternity nurse questioned Clegg’s maturity (ironic, given her lawsuit against mumsnet after mums shared a few views of their own) because of his comparison of… read full entry »
I am trying to clear some space pre-move/pre-baby, as well as making a bit of extra money to put aside for emergencies and so was hoping to sell a few books on Amazon. Unfortunately they require you to have a UK credit card, which I don’t have, and as I’m ebay-aphobic I don’t want to… read full entry »
Have this week off — my first since Christmas — and guess what I did? Nothing. Nothing at all. I played a couple hours of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, and read Equal Rites (Pratchett) again but otherwise did nothing to tackle my backlog of e-mail, the many items on my todo list or the piles of… read full entry »
Karl’s mum bought me a cat book for Christmas. The Cat Who Came in from the Cold by Deric Longden, to be precise. I must admit, I started it with a little trepidation. Just because I like cats does not automatically mean I like everything to do with cats. However, the book was great, and… read full entry »
SitePoint (the cool people who make books and write articles and things) are giving away 5 of their books in PDF form for the price of 1. That’s $149.75 worth of books for just $29.95 (about 20 quid). As if this wasn’t a groovy enough deal on its own (because the SitePoint books do rock),… read full entry »
After the last time Karl and I moved, I vowed not to leave the packing until the day before again. True to my word, I started packing things up at the weekend and did a little more today as I was off work with a funny tum. So far, I have packed about 4-5 boxes… read full entry »
When I was in school, approx. aged 14, I read a book. No, you sarcastic buggers, that wasn’t the last time I read a book, before you suggest it. :P It was a book about these people who’d developed a way of going back in time; some sort of giant tunnel that they could drive… read full entry »
I know quite a few of my regular readers are aspiring writers and as such, are writing or have written books of their own. In light of this, I think a few of you may find Dee’s post on Bookhabit and its ‘financial model’ interesting. Specifically this excerpt: Bookhabit’s author pay-out model is deliberately structured… read full entry »
I’ve been feeling a little bit rough this week, if not from the icy cold weather we seem to having all of a sudden then plain old tiredness. A combination of later nights, Hex waking me up at the crack of dawn and the everlasting darkness at the time of year all contributing to my… read full entry »